Young refugees play in a registration center for migrants on Thursday in Germany. The German state of Bavaria is threatening to sue the federal government over the influx of migrants. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)

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The German state of Bavaria is threatening to go rogue against the federal government over the ongoing arrival of hundreds of thousands of migrants and refugees, Reuters reports. Approximately 200,000 migrants have entered Germany since the start of September—mostly from Austria, which shares a border with Bavaria—and more are on the way. One Bavarian official calls it a "massive, uncontrolled influx." On Friday, the state threatened to take the German government to court if it doesn't do something to slow or stop the arrival of migrants. Bavaria wants migrants to be forced to settle in the first EU country in which they arrive.

In addition to threatening a lawsuit against the federal government, Bavaria is also warning it could start turning away migrants at the Austrian border, the Telegraph reports. But it's unclear how this threat is anything but idle as the German government controls the border and any attempt to set up independent border patrols would likely be illegal. Bavarian officials also said they are considering sending migrants to other parts of Germany without waiting for the federal government to redistribute them. According to Reuters, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she won't cap the number of migrants allowed into Germany. But the Telegraph notes Bavaria's threats are coming at a time when public opinion is starting to swing against Merkel and the incoming migrants.

If Merkel were like Obama she would just ignore the sates rights. I think Merkel actually cares about the citizens of her country.

CCXVI

Oct 10, 2015 10:18 AM CDT

Get ready, Germany! There's a big change in your everyday lives coming. ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Two bomb explosions targeted a peace rally Saturday by leftist and Kurdish activists in the Turkish capital of Ankara, killing 86 people and wounding 186, the country's health minister said. The explosions occurred seconds apart outside Ankara's main train station as hundreds were gathering for a peace rally, organized by Turkey's public sector workers' union and other civic society groups. The rally was to call for increased democracy and an end to the renewed violence between Kurdish rebels and Turkish security forces. Authorities were investigating whether the attacks — which struck 50 meters apart — were suicide bombings. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the deadliest attacks in Turkey in years. http://www.newser.com/story/214231/dozens-killed-at-turkish-peace-rally.html

Supernu

Oct 10, 2015 10:01 AM CDT

All these people are going to have the culture shock of their lives. They come from Arab country with different traditions, ethics, and standards, and are going to meet ANYTHING-GOES culture. This is just the start of a 2 to 3 decades of cultural conflict that is about to erupt, when you take so many people at once before even conditioning them to the EPIC difference in cultures. Nothing good is going to come out of this.